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Why did Gandalf change from blue to grey?
Everyone is familiar with Gandalf being described as "Gandalf the Grey", or, later, "Gandalf the White", and he was shown in both The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit trilogies as ...
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Why does Bilbo try to hide his job when presenting the contract as evidence of his identity?
In The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, we see the contract for employment of Bilbo Baggins as a Burglar with the company of Thorin Oakenshield.
At the end of the contract, the area designated for ...
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Did Bard ride the cart in the novel?
In The Battle of The Five Armies, during Azog's attack on the city, Bard's children are about to be crushed by a troll (I think it's a troll, or maybe an ogre).
Bard, seeing this, grabs a nearby ...
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Is Gandalf's origin discussed in the books but just excluded from the movies?
Solely from reading questions and answers here, I've learned a lot about the lore of Middle Earth, mainly to do with Maia, Valinor, Aman, Eldar, etc...
According to this answer, Gandalf is a 11,000+ ...
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Were the Hobbit-Five armies rock-eating-worms a Jackson invention or do they have a precedent in middle earth Lore?
In the Jackson movie "Hobbit - The Five Armies" there appears to be a race of rock-eating worms (similar to Tremors) that assist the Orc army.
Now I'm aware Jackson is contractually barred from ...
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What portions of the book are in each Hobbit movie?
My friend's review of The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
Well, considering that they took about 25 pages of the book and turned it into a 2 hour movie, not terrible. But it was like one long ...
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What are the differences between the book and the film version of Smaug and Bilbo's conversation?
I have read in several places that the movie scene differs quite a bit from the book scene. Sadly I haven't read the books. I just want some major highlights as to how the 2 scenes differed, and what ...
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What deviations from the book did the movie "The Desolation of Smaug" have?
As far as I can tell that the hobbit movies don't seem to be necessarily true to the book.
For instance I have heard that duel between Sauron and Gandalf didn't happen, and that the dwarves didn't ...
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Did Peter Jackson deliberately introduce the cinematic dichotomous use of light in 'The Desolation of Smaug'?
One of the themes that seems to have been introduced in the film adaptation of The Hobbit, is the contrast between different types of light. Two instances unique to the film adaptation come to mind.
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In The Hobbit film, how is Thorin's sword gathered with him by the giant eagle?
The sword is beyond his reach and yet is on him when the eagle gathers him up and away from the Orcs. Discontinuity in Middle-Earth...
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Was Gollum completely naked in the books?
This might sound like a weird question, but here goes anyway.
In the LotR and the Hobbit movies, Gollum is always shown with a piece of cloth hiding his private area. It seems dull to me that he ...
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Height of the Orcs of Gundabad
I had always thought all Orcs to have quite the same posture, but when watching The Hobbit movie and the Orcs of Gundabad are mentioned (together with the Pale Orc), I noticed that they are larger ...
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What was Azog's role in canon?
In The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey movie, Azog features in many places whereas I do not recollect him being mentioned in the book apart from the fact that he was the one who killed Thror, Thorin's ...
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What elements from non-Hobbit Tolkien canon have been included in the Hobbit movie?
I don't expect a great answer till all parts are released, but at least, as per the current knowledge, what elements (plot, characters, events, ideas, dialog, items etc..) are known to be in Peter ...
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Where will Jackson draw from to expand the Hobbit into three films?
Where will Peter Jackson get the extra story to expand the Hobbit into three feature length films? If I remember correctly, the book was shorter than of any of the books in the Lord of the Rings.
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